was gone. He was an incurable--and
knew it now, only too well. And as he turned and left me, I knew from
the droop of the shoulders and the hang of the head, that life meant
but little to him now. He was merely waiting--waiting for the last page
to be written and his book of despair to be closed.

Case No. 34.444--This young woman was very talented, had a beautiful
singing voice and could not understand why she was unable to speak
fluently when she could sing so well. The cause of her trouble was
distinctly mental and did not lie in any defective formation of the
vocal organs but rather in a lack of co-ordination between the brain
and the muscles of speech. In her case, the speech disorder had not
materially affected her health, although she admitted it had impaired
her power of will and her ability to concentrate. Six weeks put her in
good condition and gave her the opportunity to use her beautiful voice
to excellent advantage in speaking as well as in singing--much to her
satisfaction.

Case No. 667.788--This man came to me for assistance and relief from a
severe case of Combined Stammering and Stuttering. He shook like a leaf
when he talked, was very nervous, and could hardly sit still. His
speech was marked by loose and hurried repetitions of syllables and
words, alternating with a slow and seemingly dazed repetition of words,
as though he did not know what he was saying.

In a few moments, I learned that he was a habitual alcoholic, that he
was acquainted with the Delirium Tremens and that he frequently went
upon sprees lasting a week, which left him a physical wreck. He had no
backbone, there was no foundation to build on and his case was declined
as incurable, not altogether from the condition of his speech, but
because it is useless and hopeless to attempt treatment of the
stammerer who is also a chronic dissipator.

Case No. 34.343--This was the case of a young man who came to me at the
age of 17. He was one of the type that "seldom stammer." He explained
this to me and told me that many of his friends were not aware of the
fact that he stammered.

I gave him an examination and found his trouble to be a case of
Combined Stammering and Stuttering in the second stage. He was of the
Intermittent Type and at intervals his trouble became very bad, at
which times he made it a point not to go out among his friends--one of
the reasons which made it possible for him to say that his friends did
not know of his spee